Luminous5481
@Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus
Queer anarchist, avid sci-fi and fantasy fan, and enjoyer of locally run genAI.
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- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 10 hours ago:
Well, I’ve read about people using Mac Minis as home servers, so I’m assuming that one is more powerful than the HP laptop. You’ll probably want to make it the media server.
The HP laptop doesn’t need to be all powerful in order to function as a NAS, so that’s a good job for something with such weak specs. I would remove the battery though. If you keep it plugged in all the time you won’t need it, and batteries that stay charged all the time will end up being ruined anyway. Better to just recycle that than to risk ending up with a spicy pillow.
- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 1 day ago:
you should indeed use one as your home media server. but you may not need to figure out how to control them. if you have a smart TV or a Roku, then you can always just set up a Jellyfin on the server and stream to your TV, which would allow you to use your normal remote.
for the other one, you can turn it into a NAS for backup purposes or something. there’s honestly a ton of different things you can do fairly easily.
- Comment on Been a long time since I smoked but if I opened the door to my fireplace and tossed in a kilo of pot and just let the smoke fill up the house will everyone in my house get high? 1 day ago:
maybe if you close the baffle plate. and make sure everyone agrees to it or you could catch a charge if they get pissy about it.